Bill Text: TX SB424 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the use of state money for high-speed rail operated by a private entity and to the construction of certain high-speed rail.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-21 - Filed [SB424 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-SB424-Introduced.html

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By: Eckhardt S.B. No. 424

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of state money for high-speed rail operated by a
private entity and to the construction of certain high-speed rail.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 91, Transportation Code, is amended by
adding Subchapter G to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER G. HIGH-SPEED RAIL
Sec. 91.130. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "high-speed
rail" means intercity passenger rail service that is reasonably
expected to reach speeds of at least 110 miles per hour.
Sec. 91.131. CONSTRUCTION OF HIGH-SPEED RAIL. The
department shall enter into a comprehensive development agreement
with a private entity to construct, maintain, and operate
high-speed rail connecting Dallas to Austin to San Antonio along
the Interstate Highway 35 corridor.
SECTION 2. Section 199.003, Transportation Code, is
repealed.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.